I’ve been on forums where there are moderator disagreements and a mod may step down or be removed by the admins, but it’s done behind closed doors. Virtually speaking. This level of public persecution of Tiassa seems over the top.
I'm never for the "bully" but in this case the phrase "you reap what you sow" comes to mind. Tiassa has done this kind of thing to James for years.
I've called out James for his "hateful little man" comments, several times. That's not right either but it's hard to feel sorry for Tiassa, IMO. He has been abusing our eyeballs for years with his daily written word salad. It's just not right, IMO, to put such a person in a position of being a moderator. Of course we don't have to read his word salad blogs but that's not really the point.
I personally think we need moderators who are moderate in temperment. What we have, all too often, are those who are very rigid and judgemental.
For instance, I'll use my own case, I made some comment about those who talk about "going to they baby mama house". The response from all "moderators" here...I'm a white supremist and a racist.
There is no logical train of thought between those comments and "white supremist". I've never in my public or private life, uttered a word about the "white race" being superior.
Regarding the racist label. You could argue that someone calling my comments "racist" is racist in itself. It's implying that the "black race" is uneducated and lacking in culture and customs.
Skin color has nothing to do with "baby moma" and "going to they house". The subjects are an uneducated subset of our population. You can say that I was being intolerant, exhibiting poor humor, or you can think it was funny or you can just not like my choice of words. I don't really care. It's not racist and being a white supremacist just because any number of rigid moderators think and say otherwise.
It's also disingenuous to label everyone a troll, racist and/or a white supremacist just because you disagree with them. That's not "moderating". James does it, Tiassa does it and even Bell does it to a lesser degree. It's not right.
Tiassa is just getting back some of what he has been giving for a long time. That's usually what bullies aren't used to and don't deal with very well. He doesn't like it when James returns the favor. James doesn't like it when we point out his hypocrisy in labeling others but coming unglued when Tiassa does it to him.